Bow hunting enthusiast Joe Rogan was left in shock after he shot a Tesla Cybertruck with an arrow, only to find the projectile bounced off the vehicle.
It stemmed from a bet the podcaster made with Elon Musk live on air when the billionaire revealed three demonstrations that have tested the exterior: Emptying a Tommy gun, firing a 45- and nine-millimeter gun at the side of the vehicle.
‘Can I shoot it with an arrow? I bet I can get in there,’ Rogan said during the 2,054th episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.
Musk replied with a slight laugh: ‘Yeah, it will be fine.’ And then bet Rogan one dollar he could not penetrate the exterior.
Following the podcast, the men tested Rogan’s request in a warehouse, ending with the tip of the arrow being smashed against the Cybertruck.
Rogan pulled back on the bow and let the arrow fly, causing a loud bang when the projectile slammed against the Cybertruck.
Rogan is believed to have used a 90-pound compound bow that shoots 520-grain arrows at 300 feet per second with a ‘razor-sharp broadhead.’
A video of the demonstration was posted online, showing Rogan reading the bow while Musk stood back smoking a cigar.
Rogan pulled back on the bow and let the arrow fly, causing a loud bang when the projectile slammed against the Cybertruck.
The arrow did leave a dent, but it was flattened when Rogan found it separated from the shaft on the ground.
‘That’s impressive,’ said Rogan while showing the smooshed arrow to the camera.
The ‘bet’ was sparked when the two got on the topic of the Cybertruck that is slated to be released this year after years of delays.
Tesla’s Cybertruck – priced at between $50,000 and $70,000 – is a bizarre all-electric vehicle with a futuristic angular body in gunmetal grey.
The truck weighs up to 7,000 pounds, which Musk likened to a Ford f-150.
The arrow did leave a dent, but it was flattened when Rogan found it separated from the shaft on the ground
‘That’s impressive,’ said Rogan while showing the smooshed arrow to the camera. The ‘bet’ was sparked when the two got on the topic of the Cybertruck that is slated to be released this year after years of delays
While the Cybertruck survives being shot with an arrow, it did not fare well when smashed with a hammer during its unveiling in 2019 (pictured)
It has been described as a vehicle that will ‘change the look of the roads,’ with ‘better utility than a truck with more performance than a sports car.’
The Cybertruck has a range of 250 to 500 miles and an estimated zero to 60 mph time of 2.9 to 6.5 seconds.
During the podcast, Musk said he is working on getting the vehicle from zero to 60 mph in the beast mode version.
While the Cybertruck survives being shot with an arrow, it did not fare well when smashed with a hammer during its unveiling in 2019.
Designer Franz von Holzhausen had hit the car’s door with a sledgehammer to prove its toughness, and while it appeared to go unscathed, this ‘cracked the base of [the] glass,’ according to Musk.
Von Holzhausen pitched a steel ball at the futuristic-looking vehicle’s windows, which unexpectedly cracked under the pressure of the impact.
Musk – who went on to deliver a presentation in front of the broken car — was heard to mutter ‘oh my f*****g god’ after the unintended damage was wrought.
The Tesla CEO uploaded a video to Twitter showing the car surviving the same test off-stage before the unveiling — before the sledgehammer impact compromised the door.
It is also conceivable that the combination of the three different onslaughts — the ball, the sledgehammer and then the ball again — pushed the glass to its literal breaking point.
Millions still reserved one of the futuristic, surpassing two million over the past four years.
The first finished model finally rolled off the assembly line in July
